Longmont police seek gunman suspected of trying to nab a child

UPDATE: Police released additional details about the suspect's appearance and a rendering on Monday.

LONGMONT — Police are looking for a man who reportedly pulled a gun on a woman and a girl at 15th Avenue and Emery Street at about 8:36 p.m. and demanded the child, according to Longmont Police Sgt. Eric Lewis.

The gunman fled when a gray extended cab pickup stopped at the intersection. Lewis said police would like to speak to the driver of the truck as a possible witness to the crime.

The gunman is described as a white man, in his 20s, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a short goatee, who was last seen wearing a red hat, black shirt, and tan or khaki shorts.

The suspect was unknown to the victims and is wanted on suspicion of attempted kidnapping and felony menacing, according to police.

We are definitely concerned for public safety at this point and anyone who may have seen anything should definitely give us a call, he said.

Anyone with information should call the Longmont police at 303-651-8501.

An emergency notification call intended for an area spanning from 17th Avenue to Mountain View Avenue and from Main to Baker streets unintentionally went out to a much larger area, Lewis said.

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